Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
Churches in Egypt criticized the Religious Freedom Report that was issued by the US State Department and recommended that the military assistance in Egypt be tied to the protection of Copts and minorities.
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
Fr. Isaac and Bishop Bishoy, Caretaker of the St. Antonios Cathedral in Abu Dhabi, stated though their Facebook page that Pope Tawadros will visit the UAE the coming Friday
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Pope Tawadros stated that the Coptic Orthodox Church shall organize the first international conference in Cairo in February of next year about St. Marcos, who has spread Christianity in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2014
In the confessions of the third defendant in Ansār Bayt al- Maqdis case, Muhammad Bakrī Harūn, stated that he received orders from the group to steal the cars of Copts during the sit-in at the ‘Itihāddiyah [Presidential] Palace [December 2012].
Date of source: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The satirist Bill Maher, leader of Detractors against Islam and its Prophet Muhammad, went too far with his sarcasm in his weekly show “Real Time With Bill”, in which he stated that the Qu’ran simply describes culture from the Middle Ages.
Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2014
Azharite sources have stated that the Azhar has referred a request from Dr. Muhmmad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, calling for not recognizing the World Union for Muslim Scholars, headed by Yūssuf al- Qaradāwī, and closing any branches it may have in Egypt, to the Islamic Research...
Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2014
The Council of Sufi orders has stated in a statement that the elections of the council will be held the coming Thursday in the premises of the Cairo Governorate based on the agreement of the shaykhs of sufī tarīqas.
Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2014
In his first media statement about the current events Dr. Ahmad Hatība, one of the founders of the Da’wah al- Salafia has supported the decisions of the board of the Salafī Da’wah which supported the ‘Road Map’ presented on the 3th of July.
Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2014
Al- Azhar grand shaykh Ahmad al- Tayyib stated that proclaiming apostasy (takfīr) is not a matter just anyone can exercise. He added that no person or group has the right to proclaim apostasy on anyone.
Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2014
For the second week in a row, the Endowment Department in Minya failed to put the mosques of the Jamā’ah al- Islāmiyah under control. Last week this made Endowment Ministry officers file a complaint in the police station against Muhammad Yaqūb, a popular Salafī preacher. The same incident recurred...